IndiaA demonstration at the Institute of sprinkler irrigation for a winter wheat crop. Sprinklers are efficient, water-saving, and especially good for close-growing crops planted in hilly or sandy areas wh...

MexicoFarmers are building a rural house. - - General: General. Acute rural poverty is wide spread in the mountainous State of Oxaca in the south-centre of Mexico. The Ministry of Agriculture and Water Reso...

MexicoPlanting coffee beans in a coffee nursery that is being helped by a project effort to rehabilitate the rural coffee industry. - - General: General. Acute rural poverty is wide spread in the mountainou...

SudanNew irrigation channels near Ed Damer. - - General: General. FAO, through its Fertilizer Programme, is assisting government schemes for land and crop improvement. The government project includes the d...

IndonesiaA young man planting euca1yptus trees to fight erosion in the Upper Solo River basin. - - Integrated Watershed Development of the Solo River Basin in Java. Erosion is one of the principa1 prob1ems imp...

IndonesiaRice harvesting is a slow and painstaking operation in the Solo River region - each stalk has to be cut separately. - - Fertilizer and Crop Yield Improvement in the Upper Solo River Basin. Erosion is...